Horse racing-Paralysed jockey McNamara dies, aged 41 (Reuters)
Irish jockey JT McNamara, who was paralysed after a fall three years ago, has died, aged 41, the British Horseracing Authority said on its website on Tuesday. McNamara rode more than 600 winners in his career including Teaforthree in the 2012 National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham. “We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of JT McNamara,” Nick Rust, chief executive of the BHA, said.